Love & Consciousness: Living The Texture Of Embodiment

A five day men's and women's retreat with Sofia Diaz

May we all be free and radically in love with our greatest intuition of what existence is all about.

A Hatha Yoga based retreat emphasizing the embodiment of love and consciousness as man and woman, the masculine and feminine principles as they appear in and as all of us. The fruits of asana and pranayama practice will be applied in dynamic and meditative inter-relational practices aimed toward understanding the masculine and feminine principles within our own bodies as well as self relating to the world, our bodies and hearts related to others and to our work or service in life.

Fees:

A deposit of $450 is due by September 1st, to reserve your space.
The balance is due September 15th, 2006.

Full-time Students: $100 off.

Notes:

Fees include tuition for the retreat, lodging & meals. This event has filled up quickily in the past years, registration will be conducted on first come first served basis. Register early to reserve your space.

Options:

• Private room $1095
  Only one available available
  • After September 1st $1220
• Triple $975
  Three to a room
  • After September 1st $1100
• Dormitory $875
  4-7 to a room
  • After September 1st $1000
• Ground Camping, or Van camping $875
  Bring own bedding.
  • After September 1st $1000

Cancellation policy:

Before July 15th, 2006, $150 processing fee subtracted. No refund after July 15th.

Late payments policies:

No late payments are considered, you WILL lose your space and your total deposit. Your payments need to be received BEFORE due dates (please put the dates and amounts due in your calendar to remind your self).

Registration:

To register please call Mersedeh at 925-299-2954 or click the registration button above.

What to bring:

Please bring celebratory clothing that you can comfortably move in, your yoga mat, note book & a water bottle.

About the location:

The Center is located in the Santa Cruz mountains midway between Watsonville and Gilroy, atop Mount Madonna with a spectacular view of all Monterey Bay. This 355 acres of open meadows and redwood forests include hiking trails, volleyball, tennis, and basketball courts, a pond (we call it "The Lake") for swimming, a hot tub, a gymnasium for volleyball and basketball, and massage and herbal steam bath facilities.

Travel Notes:

For road directions & transportation options to Mount Madonna if you are flying please visit mountmadonna.org.

About the Instructor

Sofia Diaz is a gifted teacher of Hatha yoga, sacred movement and feminine spiritual practice, deriving her style of teaching and body philosophy from the south temple arts and their accompanying scriptures. Along with 23 years of intensive study and daily practice of several traditions of yoga, she has apprenticed since 1982, to the dance and music masters of the Balasaraswati lineage of the sacred dance, Bharata Natyam.

She holds a Bachelors Degree in dance from Mills College in Oakland, California, and a Masters Degree in religious studies from the University of Colorado. She has most recently taught at the Department of Somatic Psychology at Naropa University and the University of Colorado in Boulder. Sofia has also founded a school of Hatha Yoga and sacred movement arts in Boulder Colorado.

She has published writings on yoga and sacred movement in both academic and popular journals and travels frequently, teaching women's yoga intensives throughout the world.

For more information, please www.SofiaYoga.com

Please call (707-685-9320) or email if you have any questions.

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Learn to empty your self & be filled by the source of life... the way a valley empties itself in to a river. - Lao Tzu